Aucklander Sam Harvey has won a world title in the International Jet Sports Boating Association (IJSBA) world finals in Lake Havasu City, Arizona.
Riding a Sea-Doo® personal watercraft (PWC), Harvey took out the Pro Runabout Open. The Howick-based marine retailer has been competing at the prestigious IJSBA world finals every year for the past nine years, so to win on his tenth attempt was particularly satisfying for the New Zealander.
Harvey says the competition is especially intense in his class.
‘More than 50 competitors from around the world … Details
Gordon Murray’s T25 city car could spawn an electric sibling if everything goes to plan.
Although nobody has any discernible details about his T25 range yet, Murray has raised €10 million in funding for his electric T25 test project.
An impressive achievement too, since nobody has seen what the finished T25 even looks like… Details
In his role as team manager for the Etnies BMX team, UK to CA transplant John Povah strives for middle ground between the business of selling shoes and managing an international crew of BMXers. But there’s a lot more to it than that.
Technically, John Povah is the Etnies BMX team manager. But that description falls far short of everything that Povah does both on the side and through his job at Etnies. Some of his additional roles include: product designer, photographer, ramp builder, bike rider, sport organizer and magazine contributor. I know I’m probably missing a few roles, but my point is this: John Povah came up in a time when BMX had no limits, boundaries or paychecks. And he used that to his advantage…Â Details
Jimmie Johnson refused to get out of his battered race car after he crashed on the third lap Sunday at Texas Motor Speedway.
He sat behind the wheel while his team looked over the damage. He remained defiant when crew chief Chad Knaus said their race was over, keeping his seat belts tight and his hands gripped on the steering wheel.
Sixty-eight minutes later, he was back on the track after the team essentially rebuilt the car … Details